Jack Hammer
New member
For top quality vocals, some have strongly recommended an Avalon 737 (I believe that is the correct model number). It is one channel but has EQ and compression. I am sure that something that costs that much will sound great. Unfortunately, it is one channel so I cannot use it for stereo keyboards, my main instrument. Vocals is for recording others and despite it being a very important part of a serious recording system, I will get more milage personally out of a stereo pre than a mono simply by using it to enhance keyboard sounds, drum sounds, frankly, anything that I record in stereo which, again, mostly features my main instrument. So, I got my eye on this Universal Audio 2-610 and wonder this. The UA pre is an older design albeti state-of-the art to some degree in its day. Has pre amp technology advanced to the point that it is better to invest in newer state-of-the-art technology rather than older state-of-the-art technology. Just wondering how that works notwithstanding all the hype about "vintage" gear which, I imagine, is meritorious in some cases and simply hype in others. What is your opinion on the issue of old state-of-the art vs. new state-of-the-art in preamps and particularly tube pre amps.